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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does the detective give for the word 'Rache' being written on the wall at the crime scene?
(a) Rache means 'revenge' in German.
(b) The victim was trying to write the name of his killer - Rachel.
(c) Rache is the name of a particularly powerful Old One.
(d) Rache is the name of a resistance group who fight the Old Ones.

2. Why does Runt think he will be ok when he runs away from home?
(a) He thinks the police will protect him if anyone tries to hurt him.
(b) He knows it will not be long before he is found and brought home, but wants to make a point.
(c) He has read fairy stories and knows that there are good people as well as monsters out there.
(d) He plans to go find distant relatives and stay with them.

3. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?
(a) The White Hart.
(b) The Sophocles.
(c) The Lion.
(d) The Diogenes.

4. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?
(a) To take Dearly home with him, so he can haunt his brothers.
(b) To go into the farmhouse, so he can stay with Dearly forever as a ghost.
(c) To return to his family, who he knows will miss him if he stays with Dearly.
(d) To go to the police to report that there are dangerous things living in the farmhouse.

5. In 'Other People' what is the worst form of torture that the demon inflicts on the man?
(a) It puts him in an iron maiden.
(b) It forces him to watch the deaths of all the people he has ever loved.
(c) It makes him relive everything bad that he has ever done.
(d) It pulls his fingernails out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the three older boys go inside?

2. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?

3. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?

4. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?

5. Why can the narrator not return to fairyland?

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